Mixed-Race Couples 5

Question 1

What are the three social forces that Kalmijn defines as influencing marriage patterns?

Answer 1

1) The preferences of individuals for certain characteristics in a spouse, 2) the influence of the social group of which they are members, 3) and the constraints of the marriage market in which they are searching for a spouse (Kalmijn 1998).

Question 2

What theory looks at whether people trade characteristics when choosing a spouse.

Answer 2

exchange hypothesis

Question 3

What period in the past had the highest prevalence of interracial sex?

Answer 3

Colonial slavery period. White indentured servants and blacks slaves/white slave owners and black slaves (Gullickson 2006).

Question 4

Since what decade has black-white interracial marriage increased at an exponential rate?

Answer 4

1960s (Gullickson 2006)

Question 5

According to ________ ________ theory, education should increase all groups’ willingness to cross racial lines by breaking down group barriers and promoting greater universalism.

Answer 5

structural assimilation (Gordon 1964; Gullickson 2006)